UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6819
JOSEPH EDWIN BROMFIELD,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
FRANKLIN E. FREEMAN, JR.; TALMADGE L. BARNETT,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District
Judge. (CA-95-553-5-HC-BO)
Submitted: March 31, 1997 Decided: August 5, 1997
Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joseph Edwin Bromfield, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge,
III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying
relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994), amended
by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L.
No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. We have reviewed the record and the
district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on
the reasoning of the district court. Bromfield v. Freeman, No.
CA-95-553-5-HC-BO (E.D.N.C. Apr. 25, 1996). We deny Appellant's
motion for appointment of counsel and dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in
the materials before the court and argument would not aid the deci-
sional process.
DISMISSED
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